Locker rooms in the new gym will be used for physical education classes as well as VHS varsity teams.

SUN PHOTO BY JUSTIN FENNELL

The new gym includes noise-reducing aluminum panels on the walls and a soon-to-be-added HD video board, paid for by boosters.

SUN PHOTO BY JUSTIN FENNELL

Workers finished sanding the new gym's maple floor this week.

SUN PHOTO BY JUSTIN FENNELL

The VHS football team renovated the boys locker room in the old gym. Flat-screen televisions, a video projector, new floors and 45 lockers will provide the Indians modernized headquarters for the 2013 season.

By ROB SMITH

Sports Editor

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Venice High’s antiquated, albeit beloved, Teepee is ready to be replaced by a state-of-the-art gymnasium that will give VHS athletics a beautiful new home.

The new gym, set to host its first event the week of Sept. 16, is part of the school’s ongoing $82 million renovation project and also includes the classroom building that was completed in 2012 and a performing arts center that will be ready in 2014.

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